Police hqve launched an investigation into the incident they are treating as attempted murder

THE PRIME Minister will give a televised address to the nation this morning as Vladimir Putin stepped up his operation in Ukraine overngiht.

NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned Vladimir Putin's full scale invasion of Ukraine saying he must face the "severest consequences" for his "unprovoked aggression".

SCOTLAND'S biggest local authority is facing a new strike threat as concerns rise over the reneging of an agreement to settle a dispute which has cost over £500m to end "chronic sex discrimination".

Another ‘danger to life’ alert is in place throughout Thursday for large parts of Scotland.

WHAT would Donald Trump do? It is a question few dare contemplate for fear of making the crisis in Ukraine more terrifying. Let it be known, though, that the man himself has been musing on events in Europe.

WE had the latest GDP figures for Scotland yesterday. Thanks to the Omicron variant spoiling Christmas, the onshore economy shrank in December by just under half a percent.

HIGH value fraud in Scotland has risen 16-fold in a year as criminals exploit new ways of working and living in the pandemic to generate a spike in online scams.

A new Scottish pharmaceutical firm is looking to raise its first round of investment as it prepares to start pre-clinical trials of its controlled drug release technology.

CLIMATE advisers have called for a “tighter limit on production” of oil and gas and have come out in favour of “a presumption against exploration” of North Sea fossil fuels projects.

AFTER more than a decade under state ownership, it now seems NatWest Group, owner of Royal Bank of Scotland, is poised to return to the control of private investors.

The Education Secretary has been urged to take urgent action over sexual harassment after a report suggested Scottish secondary schools could become breeding grounds for “rape culture”.

THE SCOTTISH Conservatives have been accused of “typical hypocrisy” after councillors in Edinburgh proposed removing the city council from Cosla despite the party at Holyrood consistently fighting the corner of the local authority organisation.

THE owners of a family business started 54 years ago have said they will be “sad to see it go” as the firm is put up for sale.

A Scottish firm that plans to turn disused mines into renewable energy generation plants has won UK Government backing in a success which underlines the potential of the technology it has developed amid the drive to slash emissions.

MICHAEL Gove has been urged to deliver a Conservative manifesto pledge to replace EU funding for Scotland following Brexit ahead of an appearance at a Holyrood committee.

CELTIC have it all to do to ensure they don't suffer another early exit from Europe.

WHAT an opportunity Rangers have got to progress to the last-16 of the Europa League.

By Ian McConnell

TALK about beating a hasty retreat. With all the finesse of a man reversing his car into the entire peloton of the Tour de France, Phil Mickelson has backed away from golf amid great hubris and humiliation.

PLANS to drastically increase the volume of elective procedures by carried out on the NHS in Scotland by 2026 will be "stretching and difficult to deliver".

By Scott Wright

IT is now obvious that the Union is bad for Scotland’s health with Boris Johnson’s political decision to end free testing and the requirement to self-isolate if Covid-positive, which, coupled with non-mask wearing, is life-threatening to our heal...

By Scott Wright

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on Alex Salmond and the Ukraine crisis.

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Outlander star Caitríona Balfe was forced to publicly defend her decision not to attend a US fans event to mark the launch of the new series of the hit drama after coming under attack from fans.

A part remote, part-office schedule has been hailed as the future of work.

The Prime Minister said the Russian president has “chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction”.

The warning comes after Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine overnight.

Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine this morning, with President Vladimir Putin announcing the move in a televised address early on Thursday morning.

President Putin announced military action during a televised address early on Thursday morning.

Last week, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Russian's invasion of Ukraine would come at a high economic cost.

The events in Ukraine has led to president, Volodymyr Zelensky, declaring a state of martial law.

Aircrafts flying to or from UK airports are being ordered to avoid Ukraine airspace after the crisis intensified on Thursday.

Russia is the world’s second-largest oil producer and is a major supplier to Europe.

Boris will chair a Cobra committee meeting at 7.30am to discuss the response to the “horrific attacks”.

Read Vladimir Putin full statement on Ukraine action.

Vladimir Putin announced the action during a televised address early on Thursday morning, saying the move was a response to threats from Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin said Russia will conduct a military operation in Ukraine in a televised address on Thursday

Putin has warned interference will lead to "consequences they have never seen"

Putin warned that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen”

Putin has confirmed a military operation will take place in Ukraine and warned other countries to not interefere

STEVEN NAISMITH has revealed he's spoken to two clubs over management positions after he withdrew from the running to become St Mirren boss.

HUMZA Yousaf has been accused of presiding over a "shocking waste" of life-saving resources after more than half a million face masks and almost 90,000 litres of hand sanitiser had to be taken out of Scotland's PPE stockpile.

Scottish secondary schools risk becoming breeding grounds for "rape culture" amid high rates of sexual harassment, a report has warned.